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[–] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Why linking to a page that contains an image instead of posting the image with the source?

[–] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 52 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Linking an xkcd image directly would strip out the hover text, which is part of the comic.

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

How do you get the hover text on mobile?

[–] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Some browsers show it when you long press the image. For the others, you can edit the URL to m.xkcd.com

[–] Late2TheParty@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you long press on the image, the hover over text will appear.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It cuts off

"Learning arcane bullshit from the 80s can break your computer, but if you're willing to wade through..."

[–] Aatube@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe try tapping on the text?

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago
[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I almost got it by switching to landscape, but still not quite.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

You can tap on the text to have it expand.

[–] Zoop@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

Here's the hover text for this one:

Learning arcane bullshit from the 80s can break your computer, but if you're willing to wade through arcane bullshit from programmers in the 90s and 2000s, you can break everyone else's computers, too.

[–] toototabon@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

is this common for xkcd? because then I've been missing a whole layer of all the comics I've stumbled upon.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 10 points 1 year ago

Oh boy, every xkcd (maybe except the first hundred?) has alt-text, time for you to read them all again!

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My lemmy client shows the full image anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] Discover5164@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Summit, it's pretty good